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Data Privacy Statement

We take data protection and data security very seriously. We process personal data exclusively in accordance with the legal data privacy regulations and with the information given in this data privacy statement.

If you use our website, it is inevitable that personal data such as an IP-address will automatically be collected. When using our services, you may be asked to submit personal data. It is up to you to submit this information or not. This Data Privacy Statement explains, which data we collect and for what purposes and on which legal basis we are going to process them.

2) Data security official

3) Data collection on our website

Cookies

Our website partly uses so-called cookies. Cookies do neither cause damage on your computer nor do they hold viruses. Cookies are small text files saved on your computer by your browser. Cookies help to make the use of our website more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Most of the cookies used by us are “Session Cookies”. These are automatically deleted at the end of the session. Other cookies are saved on your end device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser upon your next visit.

You can adjust your browser so that you will be informed about cookies being saved and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally and/or activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. When deactivating cookies, user convenience may deteriorate and functionality of the website may be limited.

Cookies required for the execution of the electronic communication process or for provision of certain functions you wish to have (e.g. shopping cart function, language selection) are stored based on the art. 6, clause 1, letter f DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation). We have a justified interest in the storage of cookies to ensure a technically flawless and optimised provision of our website and of the services offered on the website.

As far as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are used, these will be treated separately in this Data Privacy Statement.

Log files

As far as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are used, these will be treated separately in this Data Privacy Statement.

browser type and browser version

operating system used

referrer URLs

host name of accessing compute

time of server enquiry

IP address

We save these data for a period of x days in so-called log files. We will not connect these data with other data sources. Basis of data processing is article 6, clause 1, letter f of DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in a safe operation of our website and in detecting and fending off attacks on our website and the IT systems behind.

Contact form and catalogue order form

If you contact us via contact form or complete the catalogue order form, your data of the forms are saved by us including your contact data entered there for processing your enquiry and possible enquiries. We will not forward these data without your permission.

Processing of the data you entered into the contact form or catalogue order form will therefore exclusively be based on your permission (art. 6, clause 1, letter a of DSGVO). You may revoke your consent at any time. It is sufficient to send us an e-mail message. Legality of the data processing operations effected until revocation will remain unaffected by the revocation.

We will keep the data you entered into the contact form until you request us to delete them, or revoke your permission of processing or until the purpose of data storage is no longer applicable (e.g. after processing of your enquiry was completed). Mandatory legal regulations - particularly retention periods - remain unaffected.

4) Social Media

Facebook plug-ins (Like & Share Buttons)

Our website holds links to our Facebook page. Facebook is made available by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook links are made recognisable by the Facebook logo. If you click on such a Facebook logo, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server. Thus Facebook will receive the information that you visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook logo while logged onto your Facebook account, Facebook is able to assign the visit of our pages to your user account. We wish to point out that we, by offering our website, do not receive knowledge of the contents of the transmitted data or their usage through Facebook. For further information please see the Data Privacy Statement of Facebook:https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign the visit of our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

XING Plug-in

On our website you find logos of the network XING. This network if offered by XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.Clicking on the XING logo produces a connection to the XING servers. As far as we know, usage behaviour is not evaluated on this occasion. For further information on data privacy when using XING please see XING’s Data Privacy Statement: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

5) Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "Cookies", text files which are saved on your computer and which allow an analysis of your usage of the website. Information created by the cookie about your usage of this website will normally be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there. We have activated the IP anonymisation on this website. Therefore, your IP address will be cut by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA.

Only in exceptions will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and cut there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use these pieces of information for evaluation of your website usage so as to compile reports about the website activities and to establish further services connected with the website usage and the internet usage towards the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not be brought together with other data of Google.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the processing of the data generated by the cookie (including your IP address) and your use of the website, as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the following browser plug-in: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

The use of Google Analytics and thus the storage of Google Analytics cookies are executed on the basis of art. 6, clause 1, letter f of DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of the user behaviour to allow optimisation of his website services and his promotion.

Objection to Google Analytics data collection

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. Please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Browser plug-in

In addition, you can prevent the processing of the data generated by the cookie (including your IP address) and your use of the website, as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the following browser plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opt-out cookies

In addition to or as an alternative to the browser add-on you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking onto this Link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your computer/end device which will block your being recorded by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Do Not Track Option

Our website is configured so as to account for a Do Not Track Option possibly activated in your browser.

6) Your Rights

In order to exercise your rights, you may at any time contact us by using the contact data indicated above.

Information

In the context of the statutory provisions, you have the right to receive free-of-charge information about your saved personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing.

Right of correction, deletion or restriction of processing

In the context of the statutory provisions, you have the right of correction, deletion or restriction of processing these data.

Right of data portability

You have the right to receive personal data which you provided us with and which we process automatically based on your consent or on the performance of a contract in a usual, machine-readable format or – as far as technically feasible – to have them forwarded to another responsible person named by you. Such a data transmission to another responsible person requires.

Revocation of your permission of data processin

You can revoke your consent at any time as far as data processing is carried out based on a permission issued by you. It is sufficient to send us an e-mail message. The revocation does not affect the rightfulness of processing carried out based on the permission until the revocation.

Right of appeal with the responsible supervisory body

In the event of data privacy infringements, you have the right of appeal with the responsible supervisory body. The supervisory body responsible for us is the Bayerische Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA). For their contact data please visithttps://www.lda.bayern.de/de/kontakt.html

Right of objection

In the context of the statutory provisions you have the right to file an objection for reasons resulting from your specific situation against the processing of personal data concerning you, based on art. 6, clause 1, letter e or f of DSGVO. This is also true for a profiling based on these regulations. We will no longer process the corresponding personal data in the event of such an objection unless we can prove mandatory protectable reasons for processing, which outweigh your interests, rights and liberties, or if processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

You have the right to file an objection against the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of direct mail. This is also true for profiling as long as it is connected with such direct mails. If you object to our processing your data for the purposes of direct mail, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.